Just toddled in after the pool party finally wound down -- it was an
outstanding success, with a great turnout! We cooked tons of brats,
burgers, hot dogs, and (of course) many cases of beer. The pool was
absolutely packed all day -- after OSH I'll post some pix.

The weather here was very humid and (later in the day) quite hot -- but no
storms. We had a few guys late to depart this morning, due to the line of
storms that rolled through your (and Jim's) area. They all departed about
the same time, setting a course for Minneapolis to get around the backside
of the system.

Their plan was to fly north until it looked clear to the East, and then hang
a right. On radar there was huge gap between storms, so they *should* have
made it. Hope they did!

The weather from the West was fine, and Jim & Gail and Jack and Steve made
it in just fine. Edwin and Jim made it up from Louisiana, and a bunch of
other non-newsgroup folks made it in from all points West without
difficulty -- although the visibility sucked.

All in all today was a great prelude to tomorrow -- we're all (like, five
planes) going to try to depart together, and fly in so that we'll all be
parked relatively close together. (Although, of course, Jim & Gail will be
in the Vintage area, far, far from the North 40...)

I hope to see many of you at our campsite on Wednesday!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"